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Princeton wins OT thriller

Overtime was scheduled to last twenty minutes, but the men's soccer team needed only 56 seconds last night for freshman forward Max Hare to score the game-winning goal in sudden death against Seton Hall.Princeton (6-5-2 overall, 1-2-0 Ivy League) upset Seton Hall (7-6-1) by a score of 3-2, despite trailing for much of the second half.

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Yanks latest loss signals the end of an era

Though more people watch the NFL, baseball is forever America's game. For the last 11 years, the New York Yankees have consistently been the best team to play America's game.

Aspiring monk controls the court

From all outward signs, Sratha Saengsuwarn, a senior on the men's tennis team, is a contradiction.

No lead, no problem for undefeated Princeton

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me, goes the saying. The football team has fooled all of its adversaries by rallying from deficits time and time again.

Tigers can't hold early lead

October is the perfect month for field hockey. Crisp fall air, the comfort of season experience and the relief of playoffs still being fairly far away.

Tigers lose chance for revenge vs. Navy

There are few things worse than losing a game that your team clearly deserved to win, so when the chance arises to avenge such a loss, it is not a matter to be taken lightly.This was the situation that the No.

No. 10 Huskies shut out streaking Princeton

One week after sending home a total of 14 goals in back-to-back victories, the field hockey team's sticks were silenced Saturday afternoon as No.

Four goals in first doom Tigers

No more than six minutes had passed before talented Brown forward Kathryn Moos had put in her first of two goals on the day, and unfortunately for women's soccer, things were not about to improve on a rough Saturday afternoon.The Bears (6-3-3 overall, 1-1-1 Ivy League) added another three goals before halftime and cruised on to a 4-0 victory.

Ground assault gives Army win

If only the Army could get out of Iraq as easily as it dispatched the sprint football team.Posting 33 points in the first quarter on five running touchdowns, Army cruised past Princeton, 54-9, at West Point, N.Y., last Friday."This was a monster first quarter," head coach Thomas Cocuzza said.

Erin who? Fall sweep for Tigers

With instantaneous reactions, precise timing and watchful eyes, freshman infielder Collette Abbott had a stellar season debut, hitting her first collegiate home run and beginning a streak of strong performances for the softball team last Saturday.Despite the wet conditions, Princeton traveled to Lawrenceville this past weekend to compete in three back-to-back games against Rider, Monmouth and Lafayette, ready to put its previous month of hard work into action.

Saiontz wins in Flushing

Freshman tennis player Melissa Saiontz doesn't have many collegiate matches under her belt, but that didn't stop her from winning the "A" singles championship in her third tournament since matriculating at Princeton.At the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center Invitational this past weekend, Saiontz proved that she has been able to adjust to the intensity of college play and will be a force to contend with over the next four years.Match play began on Saturday at the Flushing, N.Y., tennis center.

Mad at Owens? It's the agents, stupid

For the past three years, ever since he left the San Francisco 49ers, Terrell Owens had convinced me that he was singlehandedly destroying professional sports.

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2-1 overtime loss puts Tigers' back against wall

This weekend's home match against perennial rival Brown was a must-win for the men's soccer team.

Being proved wrong in grand fashion

Napoleon invaded Russia, the Red Sox traded Babe Ruth and I picked the football team to finish 3-7.

Tigers roar to fourth straight win

HAMILTON, N.Y., Oct. 7 ? Just when everyone else at Andy Kerr Stadium was gearing up for a second exhilarating period of college-format overtime, the Colgate Raiders decided they had seen enough of the Princeton football team.They got their wish, trudging off their home field Saturday with an abrupt 27-26 loss.After the Tigers (4-0 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) found the end zone on the opening overtime possession and kicked the extra point for a 27-20 lead, Colgate (2-3) responded with a touchdown to draw within a point of extending the game.

Punter out with broken elbow

Senior and three-time all-Ivy punter Colin McDonough broke his elbow in an unspecified incident during practice this week and is listed as day-today.

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Patriot sweep in sights

Last year, when the football team had every reason to smile, Colgate took the polish off the Tigers' pearly whites, leaving anything but a minty taste in their mouths.Princeton posted its worst performance of 2005 against the Raiders, a 16-10 loss that ruined what had been a cavity-free record through three games.